Triston Casas named AL Rookie of the Month for July

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Casas’s excellent July made him the tenth Crimson Sox to ever earn this award.

Triston Casas’ seven house runs in July helped him win AL Rookie of the Month for July. Jeff Chiu/AP Photograph

The Crimson Sox could have a future star of their fingers.

On Monday, first baseman Triston Casas was named the American League Rookie of the Month for July 2023. He’s the tenth Crimson Sox participant ever to take house this award, the primary since fellow first baseman Bobby Dalbec gained it in Aug. 2021.

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The Crimson Sox drafted Casas twenty sixth general within the 2018 MLB Draft, and he made his MLB debut on the finish of final season because the Crimson Sox’ No. 2 prospect. He had a tough begin to his first full season in Boston, however has improved as every month has handed. 

July was by far Casas’s greatest month within the majors. He went .348/.442/.758 with a 1.199 OPS, scoring 16 whole runs and including 12 RBIs. He led all American League rookies in house runs with seven (fourth in MLB), two of which got here in opposition to then-New York Mets ace Max Scherzer in a single recreation. That July 25 recreation was the primary time a rookie has ever carried out that whereas going through Scherzer.

His statistical dominance in July extends past house runs. Casas additionally led AL Rookies with greater than three ABs final month in OPS, slugging share, extra-base hits (12) and whole bases (50), and tied Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson to steer walks (11). He got here in second in on-base share, batting common and runs (16), and his 12 RBIs tied teammate Masataka Yoshida for fourth.

Casas joins an elite class of American League rookies to win the award thus far this 12 months, together with Henderson and Texas’ Josh Jung. His Nationwide League counterpart for this honor is the Mets’ Francisco Alvarez, who at one level was the highest prospect in baseball.

The Crimson Sox will depend on Casas for years to return. He’s a key a part of their younger core alongside Rafael Devers, Brayan Bello and Jarren Duran, with many extra names within the minor leagues ready to hitch them. If this award is any indication of Casas’s manufacturing going ahead, then the longer term appears vivid for the Crimson Sox.